Definition of "whippoorwill" []

• An insect-eating nocturnal North American bird (Caprimulgus vociferus) of the goatsucker family, having spotted brown feathers that blend with its woodland habitat. (noun)

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• "There are some great Christmas tunes out there – Slade, Wizzard, Mariah Carey – and as the Big Day approaches you would think that the dancefloors might capitulate under the strain of festive revellers and play some of the classics towards the end of the night, but no: whilst every other whippoorwill is forcing Christmas cheer down your throats with shocking immodesty, the dancefloors seem determined to resist its very existence."
• "We have not seen that species of goatsucker called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the United"
• "We have not seen either that species of goatsucker or nighthawk called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the"